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title: "Statistics, research and analysis round-up – w/e 4 May 2007"
url: https://www.simonwakeman.com/blog/2007/05/05/statistics-research-and-analysis-round-up-we-4-may-2007/
description: "Consultant and fractional COO for scale-up businesses. I help founders, leaders and investors in scaling businesses create sustainably high performing organisations."
published: 2007-05-05T06:43:43+00:00
modified: 2026-04-11T16:25:17+00:00
author: Simon Wakeman
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# Statistics, research and analysis round-up – w/e 4 May 2007

## Statistics, research and analysis round-up – w/e 4 May 2007

[Almost half of users dismiss advertising on social networks](http://www.nma.co.uk/Logon/ResourceBarrier.aspx?RequiredServices=17,%7C&PipelinedPage=/Articles/33045/Half+of+social+networkers+dismiss+adverts.html&PipelinedQueryString=liArticleID%3d33045)  
Research by NMA/Brand Strategy suggests 49% of respondents rated ads on sites like Friends Reunited, Bebo, MySpace or Facebook as ‘bad’. I’m not exactly sure what a bad rating means, but it’s not good!  
[Europe’s digital economy growing strongly](http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/info_centre/documentation/studies_ext_consult/index_en.htm#2007)  
More households embrace convergence between fixed, mobile and Internet services. Almost 30% are now connected to the internet via high-speed broadband links and households increasingly use mobile phones as fixed lines become less popular.  
[UK Search Engine Marketing Report 2007](http://www.e-consultancy.com/publications/search-engine-marketing-report-2007/)  
E-consultancy’s latest research offering looks at search engine marketing. Free sample content, but you’ll have to pay for the full report. Based on the quality of previous E-consultancy research I’ve read, it’ll be worth paying for.  
Find more statistcs, research and analysis [here](https://www.simonwakeman.com/category/statistics-and-analysis/).